“A lot of people give up on...

“A lot of people give up on peace too easily, thinking that it’s too

big an issue for them. But it’s not. People can make a difference as

individuals.”

-- The Rev. Jim Turrell, pastor of the Costa Mesa Center for

Spiritual Discovery on the Celebration of Peace at the Newport Dunes.

“It’s like a big toy. It’s a big toy you can speed on, if you

don’t get caught.”

-- Mike Boelhouwer, employee of Mach 1 Motorcycles in Costa Mesa.

“These are cosmetic features we’re talking about. It didn’t

actually affect much, because it was easy to manufacture those same

rifles without those features.”

-- Mitch Barrie, a proprietor of Mesa Tactical in Costa Mesa on

the banning of assault weapons with certain characteristics.

“For so many years, they have poured everything they have into

this church. They want to see all that used for something they

believe in.”

-- Praveen Bunyan, St. James Parish rector on the fate of the

church being sued by the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles.

“We hauled three tons of sardines off the beach this morning.”

-- Newport Beach Deputy General Services Director Mike Pisani said

after millions of the fish washed up on the beach Thursday between

13th and 24th streets.

“The district is shortchanging the predominantly minority

population in schools like Estancia and paying attention to the

predominantly white schools in Newport Beach.”

-- Mark Gleason, president of Estancia High’s girls’ soccer

boosters to the Newport-Mesa Unified School District Board of

Education.

“There are so many candidates and so few I actually know. It’s the

second one I’ve been to, and I think I’ve had enough.”

-- Alan Baer, Mesa Verde resident, after Wednesday night’s Costa

Mesa City Council candidate forum